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September 1, 2008

In this Issue
A Captive Audience - Bringing Books to Teens in Detention Banned Books Week - Let Fiction Do the Talking The Bonnie Wee School Libraries Across the Pond Jen 2.0 - Tech for Today Why I Love Widgets, and Why You Should Too	"Iraq Is Full of Cool Kids" - Ivan O'Mahoney, Baghdad High

Yippee! YALSA has announced that Teens Know "Best" in the Twin Cities, whose members contribute reviews to SLJTeen, will remain as one of fifteen YALSA YA Galley Groups. Members of the YA Galley Group receive review copies for their own use and nominate titles for the Teens' Top Ten list of the best new books. These teen readers create a list of new titles that are voted on by teens during YALSA's Teen Read Week, which will be held this year October 12-18. Click here for the complete list of 2008-2010 participants, and congratulations to our Adela Peskorz and all the teens at Teens Know "Best"! – Dodie Ownes, Editor

• A Captive Audience - Bringing Books to Teens in Detention
  Since early 2007, Kay Skipper, media-center specialist at Bailey Middle School, has spent nearly every Wednesday evening in detention. Not at her school though – she goes to the Mecklenburg County Gatling Detention Center in Huntersville, North Carolina. There she meets with other volunteers to conduct the “Guys Read Book Club.” more » » » 
• Banned Books Week - Let Fiction Do the Talking
  Now in its 27^th year, Banned Books Week will be kicked off in the American Library Association’s hometown of Chicago on Saturday, September 27 with a Read Out! event, featuring popular banned or challenged authors and local Chicago celebrities. This year’s theme, “Closing Books Shuts Out Ideas,” provides a great launch pad for the discussion ...
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• The Bonnie Wee School Libraries Across the Pond
  When an email crossed my computer last winter about a six-hour graduate class about Scottish Libraries, and conducted through the University of Wisconsin Whitewater ($3000 including tuition and lodging), I did not delete it. Six months later, I can say with assurance that we are doing many things right on this side of the pond. But Scottish libraries have a few things going for them that I wish we could copy. more » » » 
• Jen 2.0 - Tech for Today
  Why I Love Widgets, and Why You Should Too
  While I may be a Web site manager and not afraid to get my hands dirty in a bit of code, a web developer or code expert I am not, by any stretch of the imagination. And for that reason, I love widgets. Widgets are little bits of code that you can stick in a web page, turning it from dull boring static content into something, well, not static and boring. more » » » 

From the Director's Chair

• "Iraq Is Full of Cool Kids" - Ivan O'Mahoney, Baghdad High
  In between his home in Australia and a shoot in the South China Sea, SLJTeen was able to catch up with Ivan O’Mahoney, co-director with Laura Winter of the recently released HBO documentary Baghdad High, which follows four Iraqi boys during the 2006/2007 school year. more » » » 

Teens Know "Best" - Reviews from Young Adults

• Dean, Claire. Girlwood. Houghton Mifflin. May 2008. ISBN: 9780618883905.
  Gr 6-9. Let me start with the cover, which is simply beautiful. The gold image of a girl with flowers against a black background is stunning. After having read the book, the cover really captures the enchanted feeling of the story. I want a copy of the cover art to hang on my wall! more » » » 
• Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. Untamed. St. Martin’s. September 2008. ISBN: 978-0312379834.
  Gr 10 and up. This is the fourth book in the House of Night series, and I’ve loved watching the characters change and grow throughout the books. The story keeps you guessing on what is going to happen, and never gets dull. more » » » 
• Liberty, Anita. The Center of the Universe (Yep, That Would Be Me). Simon Pulse, July 2008. ISBN: 9781416957898.
  
  Gr 8-12. I think the most compelling aspect of this book was the main character's ongoing vendetta with her parents and their parenting skills. I wanted the main character and her parents to have a better connection and a deeper relationship as the book progressed. It seemed more important and interesting than her fluctuating social status and her contempt for her ex-boyfriend. more » » » 

Media Mania: Book Tie-ins to High-Interest Movies, TV Shows, and More

• Igor and More
  Fans of classic horror movies—and their satirical spin-offs—will be drawn to Igor (PG), a computer-animated comedy from Exodus Film Group that premieres in theatres on September 19, 2008. And just last week, Babylon A.D. (PG-13), a futuristic thriller from Twentieth Century Fox, opened in theatres to a bit of controversy. We've got the skinny on the books behind the hits. more » » » 

Opportunities

• Be Quiet! I'm Listening! Incorporating Recorded Books Into K-12 Literacy Strategies 
  Join a panel of reading experts from both the media center and the classroom on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 2 PM ET who will discuss a variety of best practices and strategies for incorporating recorded books in their institution’s literacy programs. more » » » 

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